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Speaker Joe Straus calls for immediate special education overhaul
House Speaker Joe Straus asked the Texas Education Agency on Wednesday to immediately overhaul its system for identifying students in need of special education services.
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Analysis: In Texas, Lawmakers Regulate Their Own Regulators
The Texas Ethics Commission regulates legislators. Legislators control the commission’s laws and budget. It’s a complicated relationship.
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Children, Vulnerable Should Be Focus of Next Session, Straus Says
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus previewed the next legislative session on Tuesday, saying it should focus on making sure children and other vulnerable Texans are not left behind as the state grows.
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Analysis: Why the Texas GOP Isn’t Hitting the Panic Button Over Trump
For all of the talk about how Trump might hurt the chances for other Republicans on the ballot, Texas conservatives don’t seem all that worried. It’s because they’re on safe political ground.
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Analysis: The Long and Winding Road to the Texas Ethics Commission
It’s harder to appoint people to the Texas Ethics Commission than to other agencies. The politics are difficult. But it’s also easy to just let it slide — and let commissioners serve for years after their terms end.
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Analysis: For Some Texas Republicans, Useful Distractions Back Home
Republicans who want to stay out of the national conversation about the presidential race — the speaker of the Texas House, to name one — there are a handful of races at home that offer plausible excuses.
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At RNC, Some Texas Delegates Still Wary of Supporting Trump (Video)
Day two of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland brought some internal debate among the Texas delegates, particularly among those still holding out hope that someone other than Donald Trump will be their party’s presidential nominee.
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Speaker Straus Still No Fan of Trump
Faced Tuesday morning with questions about Donald Trump, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus declined to offer any support for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
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Five Things to Watch At the Republican National Convention
Texas Republican leaders and delegates prepare to have an impact on the gathering this week in Cleveland amid lingering ambivalence about the presumptive presidential nominee.